Hook



Feb. 9 1926. J. BECK HOOK Filed July 17, 19 25 Patented F eh. 9, 1926.

NT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BECK, OF TWO HARBORS, MINNESOTA.

IIOOK.

Application fi1ed J'u1y 17, 1925. Serial No. 44,224.

T0 (LZZ 107mm zt may concema Be it known that I, Josnrr1 BECK, a citizen of the United States, resding at Two Harbors, in the county of Lake and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvcments in Hooks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the acco1n panying drawing.

This invention relates to safety hooks and one particularly adapted for use in connection wth a cabiet such as used for vehicle towing or the like. 7

The principali object is to produce a simple and efficicnt saiety device, for this pur-pose.

Another object is to produce one most readiiy cooperatively engaged with a rope in for1ning a bight thereupon.

()ther objects and advantages Wiil appeal in the further description of' the inventi on.

Referring now to t-he accompanying drawing, for1ning part of this application,

end in Whieh like rei'ereuee characters indicate iike parte:

Figure 1 is a side or 1nouth elevation oif che 01 che improved hooks;

Figure 2 is an end elevation;

Figure 3 is a side clevation tak'en at righi: angies to Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2, ilustrating a 1nodified form of attaching 1neaus for the book;

Figure 5 is an eniarged sectional view ol? the hub 01 the hook, showing a stili furtber modifed form of attaching means; and

Figure (3 is a side elevation of a cablet terminal illustrating a stili further 1nodified form of attachrnent for cooperative engagement with the hook.

The hook in its broad sense comprises a substantially cylindricaliy shaped hub 1 from the opposite sides of which extend two spaced areuately shaped termnals or hooks 2 and 3, they being arched in such a 1nanner as to for1n substantially a true circle inciosing the hub 1 as viewed axially of the hub.

In this 1nanner a hook is formed intermediate of the spaced extrernties of W111011' of the hooks into said space and turned in parallel relation to the axis of the hub thereof the object cannot beco1ne dislodged frena the hook, but requiring first a return to its tra'nsverse entering position before it can be removed.

In the hub 1, as iliustrated in F igures 2 and 3, is formed a tapered hole, as at 4-, nto Which the end of the cab1et 5 may be Wedged in any desired manner, and this hole I prefer to form somewhat obliquely as suggested in Figures 2 and 3, so that the cablet 5 naturally leads at an angic therefronn to avoid abrupt turning thereof when placed about an object of any con.-

siderabie size. Y

In Figure 4 1s shown a diflerent form of hub 6 wlnch has cooperainvely engaged t-herewith the U-shaped bo1t 7 intermediate of which and the hub 6 is clamped the cable as shown ai: 8, there being a suitable nut 9 up0n either end. of the boit or staple.

In Figure 5 the hub s shown at 10 and as having a bore therethrough considerably larger upon one side of tbe hub, as at 11, and reduccd to approxixnately the size 01 the cable as at 12, the cabie being shown at 18, and carrying the semi-spherically shaped knob 14 upon the end thereof. Th1's knob is designed to oscillate within the enlarged portion 11 of the bore of the hub to prevent sharp turning of the cab1et as it leaves the 'hub. The open face of the end 11 01' the bore in the hub is shown a5 ciosed With a cover 15 being held in place wth suitable screws so that the book Wiil net slip onto the cab]et beyond the end thercoi.

In Figure 6 is shown a 1nodified terminal of the cablet to provide greater resiliency thereof, f desired, there being a short length of chain links, as illustrated ai; 16, astened to the end of the cablet 17; these links ending with a cooperative finger 18 Which may be cla1nped into the keeper of the hook shown in Figure 4 01 the drawing. By this for1nof attachment it is apparent that the freeclo1nof the hook on the end of the line would be inaterially increased and its ability to re1nain taut about an object being pulled in the event of slack in the cablet is 1naterially aug- 1nented.

, Having thus described 1ny invention,

what I clai1n and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a =sster hook for the ternnnal of a km, sa1d hook hav1ng an elongated hub portion parallel withthe axs of the hook and spaced therefrom, and mans Wthin sad hub portion fo1 pennanently engagng the line.

2. A ci1cula1 sister hook of the character descrbed havng the termini t-here0f space longtudinally of the axis of the body portion Of' the hook;and a hub portion at the union ofthe two halves of the book, said hb portionbeing of-less lerigth than the distance between the termini of the hooks.

In testimony vvhereof I hereunto afi'x my signature.

JOSEPI-I BECK. 

